Atmospheric moisture budget and its regulation of the summer precipitation variability over the Southeastern United States

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 613-631

  Li, Laifang ^a   Li, Wenhong ^a   Barros, Ana P ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric moisture budget; Dynamic and thermodynamic components; North Atlantic Subtropical High (NASH) western ridge; Southeastern United States (SE U.S.) summer precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THERMODYNAMICS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881022386     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1697-9     Document Type: Article

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